Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City